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Fake? The Art of Deception
by Jones, Mark (editor)
- Used
- Condition
- VG- (Clearcoat over wraps is wrinking at spine and pulling away at corners)
- ISBN 10
- 0520070879
- ISBN 13
- 9780520070875
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990. Softcover. VG- (Clearcoat over wraps is wrinking at spine and pulling away at corners). Off-white ill. wraps. 312 pp. 130 color, 185 bw plates. Survey of fakes and forgeries from ancient Babylonia to the present day. Includes over 600 objects in the study. Contents as follows: What is a fake? -- Rewriting history -- The limits of belief : religion, magic, myth and science -- Faking in the East -- Faking in Europe in from the Renaissance to the 18th century -- The 19th century : the great age of faking -- Faking in the 20th century -- The art and craft of faking : copying, embellishing and transforming / edited by Paul Craddock -- The scientific detection of fakes and forgeries / edited by Paul Craddock and Sheridan Bowman -- The limits of expertise. Describes the methods used to make artistic, literary, documentary, and political forgeries and the recent scientific advances in their detection. Includes over 600 objects from the British Museum and many other major collections, from ancient Babylonia to the present day.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32746
- Title
- Fake? The Art of Deception
- Author
- Jones, Mark (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG- (Clearcoat over wraps is wrinking at spine and pulling away at corners)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0520070879
- ISBN 13
- 9780520070875
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- European Art ; Fakes and Forgeries in Art ; ;
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